The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, appeared 6 times to 3 shepherd children; Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta; between May 13 and October 13, 1917. She came to the little village of Fatima ...

The other main stop for pilgrims to Fatima is the Chapel of Apparitions ... over the site of a small holm oak tree over which the Virgin Mary appeared on May 13, 1917. That oak fell victim ...

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Fatima, Portugal: The three shepherd children said the Virgin Mary appeared to them six times in 1917 and confided to them three secrets. The first two described an apocalyptic image of hell ...

Because the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima is a relatively modern-day shrine — it is very relatable. It is a 20th-century phenomenon.

SORROWFUL MYSTERIES: The Shepherd Children of Fatima and the Fate of the Twentieth Century, by Stephen Harrigan In 1917, the Virgin Mary visited three children in a field outside the village of ...

These will be days of intense prayer and emotion that the Sanctuary of Montevergine is about to experience: on May 11th, the ...

is located on the site of the Virgin Mary’s apparitions to three shepherd children in 1917. The back wall of the shrine’s largest and most modern worship space, the Basilica of the Holy ...